Wheelhouse heater question

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Hi guys, I built a wheelhouse this year and finally got it out yesterday. It is 8x14' with 3' V. It has 1.5" pink foam board in walls, ceiling, and floor. I have a Williams 22k direct vent furnace in it. Yesterday with it being a high of 0° the highest I got inside the house was 48° at the end of the day. Do you think the furnace is too small?

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My vent was facing the wind yesterday and my house was nice and cozy. I have a 10' house with a 10,000 BTU Home Comfort direct vent from L&M.... A 22 btu furnace should cook you out of that house with the good insulation like you have used in the walls and floors. Do you have an auto changeover regulator that will change tanks when one goes empty? They sometimes aren't real reliable. I have two of them and have to bring one into the garage to warm up and get the moisture out of it and I them put the spare one on. OR just use a single regulator and you have to go out and change tanks when it runs out. AND keeps tanks as full as possible when it is cold like this.

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Maybe you should go buy another regulator. Single ones don't cost much. Then you can always have a warm one that is dried out and you can change it in minutes. Also the bigger the tank the better when it gets real cold out. I use 2 40's. Also spiders like to make nests in open lines. I always keep a tank on my regulator or tape it shut in the offseason so bugs don't get in there.

30 should work but may be borderline when that 22K btu furnace is trying to suck propane in on a real cold day. A 100 would be great.

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The more I think about it I think you should also look for a used 100lb tank. That would be the real ticket for you. You would have more pressure when it gets cold out and that big furnace is calling for more gas. Your 30 would make a good spare for when the 100 runs out and you are getting a refill.

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No, it was off my camper. I went out tonight and took off regulator and warmed it up. Not much change. Forgot to take my other tank to try. The flames on the burner are less then a quarter inch high so I'm assuming it isn't getting no where near enough lp. I have a new regulator ordered but not sure that is it

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Thanks. I have another line coming with the regulator do I will just bring tank inside and try it. I have a flexible line in right now. Going to suck if it is the line because I can't really run inside the wall

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